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Data Creation

Information on creating, editing and enhancing descriptions.

We also have some helpful top tips for cataloguing

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You may be interested in the Cataloguing Code of Ethics, produced by the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee.

The Console, which contains the EAD Editor, is being retired. For more information please see the Console FAQ page.

About Data Creation

An introduction.

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Admin Interface

Viewing your descriptions in our admin interface.

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EAD Editor

Create and edit descriptions in our cataloguing tool.

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Identifiers

Persistent identifiers for archive descriptions.

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Mandatory Fields

Archives Hub mandatory fields for collections and items.

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Multi-level Descriptions

Creating more detailed descriptions,

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Manual Encoding

Use of EAD tags and attributes

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XML Software

XML environments for creating EAD descriptions.

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